Beruf | Arzt, Astronom, Chemiker, Naturwissenschaftler |
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Geburtsort | Egg, near Einsiedeln, Schwyz, Old Swiss Confederacy |
Todesort | Salzburg |
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Beschreibung | Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, genannt Paracelsus, war ein Schweizer Arzt, Naturphilosoph, Naturmystiker, Alchemist, Laientheologe und Sozialethiker. Er wurde zu seiner Zeit vor allem als Arzt wahrgenommen und ist seit der zweiten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts einer der berühmtesten europäischen Ärzte. Er kritisierte die für die Medizin seiner Zeit grundlegende
hippokratisch-galenische Säftelehre und reformierte die Heilkunde, indem er chemisch-biologisch-dynamische Auffassungen und alchemistische Ideen in sie einführte. Er veröffentlichte seine Schriften statt in Latein meist in der deutschen Volkssprache. |
The interpretation of dreams is a great art.
Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
Medicine is not only a science it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.
Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.
